People study the Electromagnetic interaction of the Electric Fields together. Electromagnetic particles in Physics interact with particles in some form or another, inculding the very minimal reactions in seen in electrostatics. Because of it's dangerous properties, it is being studied by being targeted at stopping electric charges. The greatest danger though is the amount of electric charges from electrostatics that usually seem to form around flammable objects; it mostly happens around gas stations and gas pumps. Usually, when the protons and electrons give off energy they cancel each other out, but with electrosatics, its the opposite, the more they produce the more they become highly reactive and start to repel producing more and more energy as they do. The more opposite substances are, the more static electricity forms. (Example: Carpet and cotton, rubber and cement, hair and a balloon). Static Electricity, when scientifically explained, is basically an in-balance between negative and positive charges in an object. Particles start appearing when any two substances rub together, and trade friction back and forth, thus creating Electrons. Benjamin Franklin hypothesized, "that if enough charges form on one body, then an equal amount will form on the other body." It takes a little more than 6,240,000,000,000,000,000 electrons to make up one unit of the measurement called a Coulomb. Back in the 18th century A scientist named Charles Coulomb did an experiment, which we call a Tourison Balance, to show how two pith balls reacted with one another. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [11]
Electrostatic Potential
Like with Electric Fields and Potential, energy is created between two charged particles, which equals to almost the same, but what is different is that it is inversely proportional to the distance between the particles. Electrostatic Potential is also a molecular as well as a spatial property, both at the same time. "Electrostatic Potential is also a conservative force, what this means is that it depends only on the intial and final position of said particle." [10].
Vocabulary
Pith ball - a very small, lightweight object that picks up electric charge and shows electrostatic attraction and repulsion
Electrostatics
What is Electrostatics?
The study of Electrostatics is the study of electricity at rest, basically, it is the study of the electric charges that are never in motion.Table of Contents
People study the Electromagnetic interaction of the Electric Fields together. Electromagnetic particles in Physics interact with particles in some form or another, inculding the very minimal reactions in seen in electrostatics. Because of it's dangerous properties, it is being studied by being targeted at stopping electric charges. The greatest danger though is the amount of electric charges from electrostatics that usually seem to form around flammable objects; it mostly happens around gas stations and gas pumps. Usually, when the protons and electrons give off energy they cancel each other out, but with electrosatics, its the opposite, the more they produce the more they become highly reactive and start to repel producing more and more energy as they do. The more opposite substances are, the more static electricity forms. (Example: Carpet and cotton, rubber and cement, hair and a balloon). Static Electricity, when scientifically explained, is basically an in-balance between negative and positive charges in an object. Particles start appearing when any two substances rub together, and trade friction back and forth, thus creating Electrons. Benjamin Franklin hypothesized, "that if enough charges form on one body, then an equal amount will form on the other body." It takes a little more than 6,240,000,000,000,000,000 electrons to make up one unit of the measurement called a Coulomb. Back in the 18th century A scientist named Charles Coulomb did an experiment, which we call a Tourison Balance, to show how two pith balls reacted with one another. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [11]
Electrostatic Potential
Like with Electric Fields and Potential, energy is created between two charged particles, which equals to almost the same, but what is different is that it is inversely proportional to the distance between the particles. Electrostatic Potential is also a molecular as well as a spatial property, both at the same time. "Electrostatic Potential is also a conservative force, what this means is that it depends only on the intial and final position of said particle." [10].Vocabulary
References
1. http://www.brighthub.com/engineering/electrical/articles/3014.aspx
2. http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-electrostatics.htm
3. http://www.staff.amu.edu.pl/~romangoc/EM1-electrostatics.html
4. http://www.ccs.k12.in.us/chsteachers/djames/Electrostatics.ppt
5. http://www.techlib.com/science/electrostatics.html
6. http://dev.physicslab.org/Document.aspx?doctype=3&filename=Electrostatics_ElectrostaticsFundamentals.xml
7. http://weathereye.kgan.com/cadet/lightning/electricity.html#static
8. http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/static.html
9. http://www.audioholics.com/education/cables/physics-tutorial-1-coulombs-law-electrostatics
10. http://academic.reed.edu/chemistry/roco/Potential/electrostatic_potential.html
11. http://www.rooneyscience.com/physics/lectures/ch32-33-potential-electrostatics.pdf